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U D I V I D N I N O I L L 2 MI
A L S U C C E S S STO R I E S ( a n d C O U
rd GRADE
3
NTING!)
WRITE IT RIGHT!
GRID LOCK Grid games show how to break down syllables and compound words.
ALTERNATE ENDINGS Charts and activities teach kids multiple endings for verb tenses and plurals.
CRISS CROSS Crossword puzzles review topics such as prefixes, suffixes, silent letters and more (ie: “1. Across: not expected” or “8. Down: more brave than”).
Plus! CHECK IT! STRIPS Reinforce concepts and build confidence as kids check their own work. Give your child’s grades and confidence a boost with 3rd Grade Spelling Success. SYLVAN LEARNING has been the premier provider of tutoring services in North America for 30 years. With over 1,100 learning centers in the U.S. and Canada, Sylvan has helped millions of children in grades pre-K through 12 realize their full potential. Sylvan provides individualized tutoring in its centers, at home, and online in subjects including reading, math, writing, and study skills. Visit www. educate.com to learn more.
SPELLING SUCCESS
Fill-in-the-blank exercises help distinguish the long or short letter sounds from sections such as You and the Letter “U” and Say Hey to “A.”
3rd GRADE
A solid foundation in spelling not only prepares third-graders for academic success— it makes them stronger readers. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! Some of the great features you’ll find inside are:
SPELLING SUCCESS
A guide to building better ter Spelling skills based on Sylvan’s ylvan’s proven techniques for success ccess
ACTIVITIES, EXE RCI
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H U D P, K EA H A EEP U P, A N D G E T
U D I V I D N I N O I L L 2 MI
A L S U C C E S S STO R I E S ( a n d C O U
rd GRADE
3
NTING!)
WRITE IT RIGHT!
GRID LOCK Grid games show how to break down syllables and compound words.
ALTERNATE ENDINGS Charts and activities teach kids multiple endings for verb tenses and plurals.
CRISS CROSS Crossword puzzles review topics such as prefixes, suffixes, silent letters and more (ie: “1. Across: not expected” or “8. Down: more brave than”).
Plus! CHECK IT! STRIPS Reinforce concepts and build confidence as kids check their own work. Give your child’s grades and confidence a boost with 3rd Grade Spelling Success. SYLVAN LEARNING has been the premier provider of tutoring services in North America for 30 years. With over 1,100 learning centers in the U.S. and Canada, Sylvan has helped millions of children in grades pre-K through 12 realize their full potential. Sylvan provides individualized tutoring in its centers, at home, and online in subjects including reading, math, writing, and study skills. Visit www. educate.com to learn more.
SPELLING SUCCESS
Fill-in-the-blank exercises help distinguish the long or short letter sounds from sections such as You and the Letter “U” and Say Hey to “A.”
3rd GRADE
A solid foundation in spelling not only prepares third-graders for academic success— it makes them stronger readers. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! Some of the great features you’ll find inside are:
SPELLING SUCCESS
A guide to building better ter Spelling skills based on Sylvan’s ylvan’s proven techniques for success ccess
ACTIVITIES, EXE RCI
SES,
AND
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Contents 1 Compound Words
1
15 Say Hey to “A”!
65
2 Double Consonants
5
16 I Spy Long “I”!
69
3 Syllable Sounds
9
17 You and the Letter “U”
73
13
18 It’s Not Easy Being “E”
77
4 Oodles of Oodles! Review
17
Review
81
5 Verbs, Verbing, Verbed
19
19 Oodles and Oodels (and Oodals) 83
6 Plurals
23
20 Silent Letters (Shhh!)
87
7 More Plurals
27
21 Words Starring “NK”
91
8 Even More Plurals
31
22 Phooling Around with “F”
95
Review
35
Review
99
9 Cool, Cooler, Coolest
37
23 A, E, I, O, UH?
101
10 Double Consonants Again!
41
24 Contractions
105
11 Cute, Cuter, Cutest
45
25 Homophones
109
49
26 Word Challenge
113
Review
12 Super Suffixes
51
13 More Super Suffixes
55
14 Prefixes
59
Review
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Checking your answers is part of the learning. Each section of the workbook begins with an easy-to-use Check It! strip. 1. Before beginning the activities, cut out the Check It! strip. 2. As you complete the activities on each page, check your answers. 3. If you find an error, you can correct it yourself.
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Compound Words
1
Keywords A COMPOUND WORD is a word that’s made up of two words stuck together, like treehouse or skateboard or dogsled.
3Check It!
READ the paragraph. The words in bold are your keywords.
Page 1 Keywords
When it’s warm outside, I like to play in my backyard all
7. grandmother 8. outside 9. popcorn 10. sometimes 11. sunset 12. sunshine
1. backyard 2. barefoot 3. baseball 4. birthday 5. cupcake 6. football
day. I run in the grass barefoot, and I lie down in the bright sunshine. Sometimes I play baseball or football with friends. Today is my birthday, so we’re having a party. My grandmother gave us each a yummy cupcake and some
Page 2
popcorn to eat. My friends will stay until sunset, when it
Split It!
gets dark. We’ll have a lot of fun, as long as it doesn’t rain!
grandmother 3 grand + mother CBDLtZBSE CBSFtGPPU CBTFtCBMM CJSUItEBZ DVQtDBLF GPPUtCBMM
FILL IN the blanks with the bold words in alphabetical order.
HSBOEtNPUItFS PVUtTJEF QPQtDPSO TPNFtUJNFT TVOtTFU TVOtTIJOF
1.
7.
2.
8.
Page 3
3.
9.
Blank Out!
4.
10.
5.
11.
6.
12.
Bonus: 1. backpack 2. campfire 3. airplane 4. bedtime 5. handwriting 6. seasick
1. barefoot 2. backyard 3. birthday 4. baseball 5. cupcake 6. sunset 7. popcorn 8. outside
Page 4 Add It Up
CFEtSPPN CMBDLtCPBSE CPPLtDBTF DBSFtGSFF DPVSUtSPPN EPXOtTUBJST GJSFtXPSLT GPPUtTUFQ IJHItXBZ
IPVTFtXPSL MJHIUtIPVTF QFBtOVU QMBZtHSPVOE TIPQtMJGU TJMLtXPSN TOPXtTUPSN [JHt[BH
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Compound Words
Split It! Which one of the keywords has more than two syllables?
__________________ How many syllables does it have? ______ Break it down: What two smaller words make up the bigger word?
_____________ + _____________ When you split a compound word into syllables, start by breaking it down into the smaller words and putting a dot in between the words. Then, if one of the words has more than one syllable (like mother), put a dot between the syllables. SPLIT the keywords into syllables, using dots to mark the breaks. Examples: skate•board, step•fa•ther
backyard
1.
barefoot
2.
baseball
3.
birthday
4.
cupcake
5.
football
6.
grandmother
7.
outside
8.
popcorn
9.
sometimes
10.
sunset
11.
sunshine
12.
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Compound Words
Blank Out!
1
FILL IN the blanks with keywords. 1.
Without shoes or socks, your foot is bare. You are ____________.
2.
The grassy yard in the back of our house is the ____________.
3.
Every year you celebrate the day of your birth. Happy ____________!
4.
If you hit a ball and run to a base, you’re playing ____________.
5.
A small cake shaped like a cup is a ____________.
6.
After the sun has set, it’s dark outside. Be home by ____________!
7.
If you heat up a kernel of corn, it will pop. That’s called ____________.
8.
When you go out the front or back side of your house, you’re ___________.
Bonus Can you finish these sentences? 1.
A pack that you fill with books and carry on your back is a ____________.
2.
When you camp in a tent and roast marshmallows over a fire, that’s a ____________.
3.
A plane that flies through the air from New York to London is an ___________.
4.
At night, when the clock says it’s time to go to bed, it’s ____________.
5.
The words you are writing with your pen in your hand is ____________.
6.
If sailing on the sea makes you so sick you throw up, you’re ____________.
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Compound Words
Add It Up ADD UP the smaller words to make compound words. SPLIT the new words into syllables. FILL IN the blanks, using dots to mark the breaks. &YBNQMFTLBUF CPBSE TLBUFtCPBSE bed
+ room
=
1.
black + board
=
2.
book + case
=
3.
care
=
4.
court + room
=
5.
down + stairs
=
6.
fire
+ works
=
7.
foot
+ step
=
8.
high
+ way
=
9.
house + work
=
10.
light
+ house
=
11.
pea
+ nut
=
12.
play
+ ground =
13.
+ free
shop + lift
=
14.
silk
+ worm
=
15.
snow + storm
=
16.
zig
=
17.
+ zag
3Check It!
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Double Consonants
2
Keywords Two-syllable words with a DOUBLE CONSONANT in the middle (like middle) are easy to split into syllables. The dot goes CFUXFFOUIFEPVCMFMFUUFST KVTUMJLFUIJTNJEtEMF
3Check It! Page 5
READ the paragraph. The words in bold are your keywords.
After soccer practice last week, I was in a hurry. Mom would worry and holler at me if I got home late. It was
Keywords 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
carry follow holler hurry kitten pillow
7. puddle 8. ribbon 9. rotten 10. shallow 11. soccer 12. worry
a rotten, rainy day. I was cold and grumpy. In my rush, I almost fell over a kitten in a shallow puddle! I picked her
Page 6
up so I could carry her home. I dried her off and tied a
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ribbon around her neck. She fell asleep on my pillow. Now she will follow me everywhere!
DBStSZ GPMtMPX IPMtMFS IVStSZ LJUtUFO QJMtMPX
QVEtEMF SJCtCPO SPUtUFO TIBMtMPX TPDtDFS XPStSZ
FILL IN the blanks with the bold words in alphabetical order. 1.
7.
2.
8.
3.
9.
4.
10.
5.
11.
6.
12.
Page 7 Blank Out! 1. 2. 3. 4.
kitten carry follow hurry
5. worry 6. rotten 7. holler
Mix & Match 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
attack banner collect current million
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
possess pollute tunnel yellow scatter
Page 8 Spotlight Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z Vowels: a, e, i, o, u (sometimes y)
Split It! Double Vowels
Double Consonants 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
hobby lasso merry sputter upper
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
aardvark creepy needle scooper skiing
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Double Consonants
Split It! SPLIT the keywords into syllables, using dots to mark the breaks. HINT: Remember, the split happens between the double letters. &YBNQMFNJEEMFNJEtEMF carry
1.
follow
2.
holler
3.
hurry
4.
kitten
5.
pillow
6.
puddle
7.
ribbon
8.
rotten
9.
shallow
10.
soccer
11.
worry
12.
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Double Consonants
Blank Out!
2
FILL IN the blanks with keywords. HINT: The answer words rhyme with the italicized words. 1.
I’ve just written the cutest story about a ____________.
2.
My dog, Barry, likes to ____________ his bone everywhere he goes.
3.
Turn left by the hollow tree, then ____________ the path.
4.
When Sonya’s in a ____________, she moves so fast, she’s almost blurry.
5.
Don’t ____________ about Fido getting cold. He’s really furry!
6.
I’ve never gotten even a card from Aunt Jill. Isn’t that ____________?
7.
My dad starts to ____________ when he gets hot under the collar.
Mix & Match In each box, MATCH a syllable on the left with a syllable on the right to make a word. DRAW a line between the two syllables to match them. REWRITE the words you matched in the blanks. HINT: All the words have a double consonant in the middle.
at
rent
1.
pos
low
6.
ban
lion
2.
pol
ter
7.
col
tack
3.
tun
lute
8.
cur
lect
4.
yel
nel
9.
mil
ner
5.
scat
sess
10.
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Double Consonants
Spotlight on Consonants and Vowels You know the difference between a consonant and a vowel, right? Let’s check your skills. List all the consonants in the alphabet:
List all the vowels in the alphabet:
Stack Up SORT the words into the categories. PUT the words in each list in alphabetical order.
creepy
hobby
lasso
scooper
merry
sputter
needle
aardvark
skiing
upper
Double Consonants Example: puppy
Double Vowels Example: steeple
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.
4.
4.
5.
5.
3Check It!
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Copyright © 2009 by Sylvan Learning, Inc. All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Random House, Inc., New York, and in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. www.tutoring.sylvanlearning.com Created by Smarterville Productions LLC Cover and Interior Photos: Jonathan Pozniak Cover and Interior Illustrations: Duendes del Sur First Edition ISBN: 978-0-375-43001-5 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available upon request. This book is available at special discounts for bulk purchases for sales promotions or premiums. For more information, write to Special Markets/Premium Sales, 1745 Broadway, MD 6-2, New York, New York 10019 or e-mail [email protected]. PRINTED IN CHINA 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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A L S U C C E S S STO R I E S ( a n d C O U
rd GRADE
3
NTING!)
WRITE IT RIGHT!
GRID LOCK Grid games show how to break down syllables and compound words.
ALTERNATE ENDINGS Charts and activities teach kids multiple endings for verb tenses and plurals.
CRISS CROSS Crossword puzzles review topics such as prefixes, suffixes, silent letters and more (ie: “1. Across: not expected” or “8. Down: more brave than”).
Plus! CHECK IT! STRIPS Reinforce concepts and build confidence as kids check their own work. Give your child’s grades and confidence a boost with 3rd Grade Spelling Success. SYLVAN LEARNING has been the premier provider of tutoring services in North America for 30 years. With over 1,100 learning centers in the U.S. and Canada, Sylvan has helped millions of children in grades pre-K through 12 realize their full potential. Sylvan provides individualized tutoring in its centers, at home, and online in subjects including reading, math, writing, and study skills. Visit www. educate.com to learn more.
SPELLING SUCCESS
Fill-in-the-blank exercises help distinguish the long or short letter sounds from sections such as You and the Letter “U” and Say Hey to “A.”
3rd GRADE
A solid foundation in spelling not only prepares third-graders for academic success— it makes them stronger readers. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! Some of the great features you’ll find inside are:
SPELLING SUCCESS
A guide to building better ter Spelling skills based on Sylvan’s ylvan’s proven techniques for success ccess
ACTIVITIES, EXE RCI
SES,
AND
RHVP66_US_P_Cover_R3
TIP
S T O
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W:441.3mmXH:279.5mm
H U D P, K EA H A EEP U P, A N D G E T
U D I V I D N I N O I L L 2 MI
A L S U C C E S S STO R I E S ( a n d C O U
rd GRADE
3
NTING!)
WRITE IT RIGHT!
GRID LOCK Grid games show how to break down syllables and compound words.
ALTERNATE ENDINGS Charts and activities teach kids multiple endings for verb tenses and plurals.
CRISS CROSS Crossword puzzles review topics such as prefixes, suffixes, silent letters and more (ie: “1. Across: not expected” or “8. Down: more brave than”).
Plus! CHECK IT! STRIPS Reinforce concepts and build confidence as kids check their own work. Give your child’s grades and confidence a boost with 3rd Grade Spelling Success. SYLVAN LEARNING has been the premier provider of tutoring services in North America for 30 years. With over 1,100 learning centers in the U.S. and Canada, Sylvan has helped millions of children in grades pre-K through 12 realize their full potential. Sylvan provides individualized tutoring in its centers, at home, and online in subjects including reading, math, writing, and study skills. Visit www. educate.com to learn more.
SPELLING SUCCESS
Fill-in-the-blank exercises help distinguish the long or short letter sounds from sections such as You and the Letter “U” and Say Hey to “A.”
3rd GRADE
A solid foundation in spelling not only prepares third-graders for academic success— it makes them stronger readers. The teacher-reviewed, curriculum-based activities and exercises in this workbook will help your children catch up, keep up, and get ahead. Best of all, they’ll have lots of fun doing it! Some of the great features you’ll find inside are:
SPELLING SUCCESS
A guide to building better ter Spelling skills based on Sylvan’s ylvan’s proven techniques for success ccess
ACTIVITIES, EXE RCI
SES,
AND
RHVP66_US_P_Cover_R3
TIP
S T O
HE
LP
CA TC
W:441.3mmXH:279.5mm
H U D P, K EA H A EEP U P, A N D G E T
Contents 1 Compound Words
1
15 Say Hey to “A”!
65
2 Double Consonants
5
16 I Spy Long “I”!
69
3 Syllable Sounds
9
17 You and the Letter “U”
73
13
18 It’s Not Easy Being “E”
77
4 Oodles of Oodles! Review
17
Review
81
5 Verbs, Verbing, Verbed
19
19 Oodles and Oodels (and Oodals) 83
6 Plurals
23
20 Silent Letters (Shhh!)
87
7 More Plurals
27
21 Words Starring “NK”
91
8 Even More Plurals
31
22 Phooling Around with “F”
95
Review
35
Review
99
9 Cool, Cooler, Coolest
37
23 A, E, I, O, UH?
101
10 Double Consonants Again!
41
24 Contractions
105
11 Cute, Cuter, Cutest
45
25 Homophones
109
49
26 Word Challenge
113
Review
12 Super Suffixes
51
13 More Super Suffixes
55
14 Prefixes
59
Review
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Checking your answers is part of the learning. Each section of the workbook begins with an easy-to-use Check It! strip. 1. Before beginning the activities, cut out the Check It! strip. 2. As you complete the activities on each page, check your answers. 3. If you find an error, you can correct it yourself.
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Compound Words
1
Keywords A COMPOUND WORD is a word that’s made up of two words stuck together, like treehouse or skateboard or dogsled.
3Check It!
READ the paragraph. The words in bold are your keywords.
Page 1 Keywords
When it’s warm outside, I like to play in my backyard all
7. grandmother 8. outside 9. popcorn 10. sometimes 11. sunset 12. sunshine
1. backyard 2. barefoot 3. baseball 4. birthday 5. cupcake 6. football
day. I run in the grass barefoot, and I lie down in the bright sunshine. Sometimes I play baseball or football with friends. Today is my birthday, so we’re having a party. My grandmother gave us each a yummy cupcake and some
Page 2
popcorn to eat. My friends will stay until sunset, when it
Split It!
gets dark. We’ll have a lot of fun, as long as it doesn’t rain!
grandmother 3 grand + mother CBDLtZBSE CBSFtGPPU CBTFtCBMM CJSUItEBZ DVQtDBLF GPPUtCBMM
FILL IN the blanks with the bold words in alphabetical order.
HSBOEtNPUItFS PVUtTJEF QPQtDPSO TPNFtUJNFT TVOtTFU TVOtTIJOF
1.
7.
2.
8.
Page 3
3.
9.
Blank Out!
4.
10.
5.
11.
6.
12.
Bonus: 1. backpack 2. campfire 3. airplane 4. bedtime 5. handwriting 6. seasick
1. barefoot 2. backyard 3. birthday 4. baseball 5. cupcake 6. sunset 7. popcorn 8. outside
Page 4 Add It Up
CFEtSPPN CMBDLtCPBSE CPPLtDBTF DBSFtGSFF DPVSUtSPPN EPXOtTUBJST GJSFtXPSLT GPPUtTUFQ IJHItXBZ
IPVTFtXPSL MJHIUtIPVTF QFBtOVU QMBZtHSPVOE TIPQtMJGU TJMLtXPSN TOPXtTUPSN [JHt[BH
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Compound Words
Split It! Which one of the keywords has more than two syllables?
__________________ How many syllables does it have? ______ Break it down: What two smaller words make up the bigger word?
_____________ + _____________ When you split a compound word into syllables, start by breaking it down into the smaller words and putting a dot in between the words. Then, if one of the words has more than one syllable (like mother), put a dot between the syllables. SPLIT the keywords into syllables, using dots to mark the breaks. Examples: skate•board, step•fa•ther
backyard
1.
barefoot
2.
baseball
3.
birthday
4.
cupcake
5.
football
6.
grandmother
7.
outside
8.
popcorn
9.
sometimes
10.
sunset
11.
sunshine
12.
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Compound Words
Blank Out!
1
FILL IN the blanks with keywords. 1.
Without shoes or socks, your foot is bare. You are ____________.
2.
The grassy yard in the back of our house is the ____________.
3.
Every year you celebrate the day of your birth. Happy ____________!
4.
If you hit a ball and run to a base, you’re playing ____________.
5.
A small cake shaped like a cup is a ____________.
6.
After the sun has set, it’s dark outside. Be home by ____________!
7.
If you heat up a kernel of corn, it will pop. That’s called ____________.
8.
When you go out the front or back side of your house, you’re ___________.
Bonus Can you finish these sentences? 1.
A pack that you fill with books and carry on your back is a ____________.
2.
When you camp in a tent and roast marshmallows over a fire, that’s a ____________.
3.
A plane that flies through the air from New York to London is an ___________.
4.
At night, when the clock says it’s time to go to bed, it’s ____________.
5.
The words you are writing with your pen in your hand is ____________.
6.
If sailing on the sea makes you so sick you throw up, you’re ____________.
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Compound Words
Add It Up ADD UP the smaller words to make compound words. SPLIT the new words into syllables. FILL IN the blanks, using dots to mark the breaks. &YBNQMFTLBUF CPBSE TLBUFtCPBSE bed
+ room
=
1.
black + board
=
2.
book + case
=
3.
care
=
4.
court + room
=
5.
down + stairs
=
6.
fire
+ works
=
7.
foot
+ step
=
8.
high
+ way
=
9.
house + work
=
10.
light
+ house
=
11.
pea
+ nut
=
12.
play
+ ground =
13.
+ free
shop + lift
=
14.
silk
+ worm
=
15.
snow + storm
=
16.
zig
=
17.
+ zag
3Check It!
Cut out the Check It! section on page 1, and see if you got the answers right. 4 Sylvan_9780375430015_lay_all_1.indd 4
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Double Consonants
2
Keywords Two-syllable words with a DOUBLE CONSONANT in the middle (like middle) are easy to split into syllables. The dot goes CFUXFFOUIFEPVCMFMFUUFST KVTUMJLFUIJTNJEtEMF
3Check It! Page 5
READ the paragraph. The words in bold are your keywords.
After soccer practice last week, I was in a hurry. Mom would worry and holler at me if I got home late. It was
Keywords 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
carry follow holler hurry kitten pillow
7. puddle 8. ribbon 9. rotten 10. shallow 11. soccer 12. worry
a rotten, rainy day. I was cold and grumpy. In my rush, I almost fell over a kitten in a shallow puddle! I picked her
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up so I could carry her home. I dried her off and tied a
Split It!
ribbon around her neck. She fell asleep on my pillow. Now she will follow me everywhere!
DBStSZ GPMtMPX IPMtMFS IVStSZ LJUtUFO QJMtMPX
QVEtEMF SJCtCPO SPUtUFO TIBMtMPX TPDtDFS XPStSZ
FILL IN the blanks with the bold words in alphabetical order. 1.
7.
2.
8.
3.
9.
4.
10.
5.
11.
6.
12.
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kitten carry follow hurry
5. worry 6. rotten 7. holler
Mix & Match 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
attack banner collect current million
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
possess pollute tunnel yellow scatter
Page 8 Spotlight Consonants: b, c, d, f, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, q, r, s, t, v, w, x, y, z Vowels: a, e, i, o, u (sometimes y)
Split It! Double Vowels
Double Consonants 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
hobby lasso merry sputter upper
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
aardvark creepy needle scooper skiing
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Split It! SPLIT the keywords into syllables, using dots to mark the breaks. HINT: Remember, the split happens between the double letters. &YBNQMFNJEEMFNJEtEMF carry
1.
follow
2.
holler
3.
hurry
4.
kitten
5.
pillow
6.
puddle
7.
ribbon
8.
rotten
9.
shallow
10.
soccer
11.
worry
12.
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Blank Out!
2
FILL IN the blanks with keywords. HINT: The answer words rhyme with the italicized words. 1.
I’ve just written the cutest story about a ____________.
2.
My dog, Barry, likes to ____________ his bone everywhere he goes.
3.
Turn left by the hollow tree, then ____________ the path.
4.
When Sonya’s in a ____________, she moves so fast, she’s almost blurry.
5.
Don’t ____________ about Fido getting cold. He’s really furry!
6.
I’ve never gotten even a card from Aunt Jill. Isn’t that ____________?
7.
My dad starts to ____________ when he gets hot under the collar.
Mix & Match In each box, MATCH a syllable on the left with a syllable on the right to make a word. DRAW a line between the two syllables to match them. REWRITE the words you matched in the blanks. HINT: All the words have a double consonant in the middle.
at
rent
1.
pos
low
6.
ban
lion
2.
pol
ter
7.
col
tack
3.
tun
lute
8.
cur
lect
4.
yel
nel
9.
mil
ner
5.
scat
sess
10.
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Spotlight on Consonants and Vowels You know the difference between a consonant and a vowel, right? Let’s check your skills. List all the consonants in the alphabet:
List all the vowels in the alphabet:
Stack Up SORT the words into the categories. PUT the words in each list in alphabetical order.
creepy
hobby
lasso
scooper
merry
sputter
needle
aardvark
skiing
upper
Double Consonants Example: puppy
Double Vowels Example: steeple
1.
1.
2.
2.
3.
3.
4.
4.
5.
5.
3Check It!
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